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CALENDAR

Week	Slides	Excel	Unit Title
1			Water Analysis and Sampling
2			Statistics and Data Analysis
			Major Constituents
3			Suspended and Dissolved Solids
4			Dissolved Oxygen and Oxygen Demand
5			pH, Acidity and Alkalinity
6			Hardness
7			Conductivity
			Common Ions
8			UV-Vis Spectrometry
9			Ion Chromatography
10			Ion-Selective Electrodes
			Trace Pollutants
11			Organics
12			Metal Ions: Sampling and Preparation
13			Metal Ions: Pb via FAAS
14			Metal Ions: As via HGAAS
15			No Class

EQUIPMENT

Field Equipment

Lab Equipment

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METHODS

Clesceri, L.S., Greenberg, A.E., and Eaton, A.D., eds. (1998) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th Edition.
Published by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation. FAAS:
EPA 7062 Arsenic Method
Perkin Elmer FAAS lead in Water

MEDIA

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REFERENCES

General

List of related text books - page numbers of relevant sections above
Hauser, B. (2001) Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual by Barbara Hauser. CRC Press.

Ion Selective Electrodes

Frant, M.S. and Ross, Jr., J.W. (1966) Electrode for Sensing Fluoride Ion Activity. Science, Vol. 154, pp. 1553-1555.
Frant, M.S. (1994) History of the Early Commercialization of Ion-Selective Electrodes. Analyst, Vol. 199, pp. 2293-2301.
Meyerhoff, M.E. and Opdycke, W.N. (1986) Ion Selective Electrodes. Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 25, pp. 1-47.

Arsenic

Farmer, J.G. and Johnson, L.R. (1985) The arsenic content of bottled mineral waters. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 124-126.
Lovell, M.A. and Farmer, J.G. (1983) The Determination of Arsenic Species in Water and Human Urine by Ion-Exchange Chromatography - Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Anal. Proc., Vol. 20 (abstract), pp. 274.

Lead

Nix, J. and Goodwin, T. (1970) The Simultaneous Extraction of iron, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Chromium, lead, and Zinc from natural Water for Determination by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. Atomic Absorption Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 119-122.
Talebi, S.M. and Safigholi, H. (2007) Determination of lead in water resources by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after pre-concentration with ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate immobilized on surfactant-coated alumina. Journal of the Serbian Chemistry Society, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 585-590.
Tessier, A., Campbell, P.G.C., and Bisson, M. (1979) Evaluation of the APDC-MIBK Extraction Method for the Atomic Absorption Analysis of Trace Metals in River Water. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 7, pp. 41-54.

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